Marla Plain and Small is sharing a tutorial for making pendants from dictionary pages. Take a look!… Read More ...
Clay buttons
Take a look at these clay buttons from Creative Impressions in Clay! These make me think of Christmas cookies. Tari is giving away some of her pretty Celtic buttons to a lucky reader that answers a question on Art Bead … Read More ...
Upcycled paper bezels
Take a look at these upcycled paper bezels Mega Crafty Meg made from paper tubes! Meg shares her tute and shows another fun way to make paper pendants, too.… Read More ...
Geometric fun with shink plastic
Isn’t this geometric shrink plastic necklace great? Take a look at livlig to see the tutorial for making one of your own!… Read More ...
Well Read Beads
These beads have a story to tell. Made from discarded books, each bead is cut by hand then rolled and finished using a special compression process. After glazing and curing these beads are ready to begin their new life as … Read More ...
Etsy find – Silver Lining Kreation
Stephanie at Silver Lining Kreation has a motto – “don’t worry, bead happy!” Instead of being blue about recent ankle and knee problems slowing her down, she turned the downtime into creative time. Take a look at Stephanie’s Etsy shop … Read More ...
I’m back!
Hello dear readers! Thank you for your patience last month while I was away getting married. I’m back and looking forward to bringing you lots of cool jewelry making craft gossip–and new giveaways to celebrate!… Read More ...
Sharpie giveaway winner
Congratulations to Helen Lamb! Thanks to everyone for playing and special thanks to Sharpie for sharing their great products with us here at Craft Gossip.
I’ve got more goodies for giveaway soon!… Read More ...
Winners!
Congratulations to Carol for her win of Rachel Nelson-Smith’s Bead Riffs
and Teri for 21st Century Jewelry! More chances to win coming very soon…… Read More ...
Pewter Craft goes to…
Emily C.! Thank you all for playing. I have three new books from Lark Jewelry & Beading to share with you soon. Look for my reviews of Ring a Day, Dimensional Bead Embroidery
, and Color, Texture & Casting … Read More ...
Last day to enter!
Hurry to enter for your chance to win a copy of Rachel Nelson-Smith’s Bead Riffs
or 21st Century Jewelry
! Leave a comment at the original posts to enter for a chance at one of these two splendid books!… Read More ...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween
Melanie Brook’s has restocked her Etsy shop with these cute spooky kitty pendants. It’s nearly time for Halloween and these kitties would make a sweet treat!
Autumn colors
Aren’t these preserved leaves in silver frames lovely? Take a look at the blue brick and see more gorgeous Autumn color from Shireen and then have a look at the tiger lily petals she preserved as well.… Read More ...
Jewelry for a cause
Sharyl’s Jewelry and Reflections posted a great conversation with Lori Anderson about making jewelry for a cause. Lori advises, “If you’d like to make a bigger impact with awareness jewelry, I’d contact your state chapter for that particular awareness organization. … Read More ...
Morse code in beads
What a great idea for jewelry with a message! Tell someone exactly how you feel with this gift of jewelry from Rebecca Coagan Scharlatt. Thanks to Bloesem for their spotlight on Coatt.… Read More ...